CO129-556-13 Traffic in arms to China 6-1-1936 - 13-1-1937 — Page 133

Any further communication should be

addressed to :-

THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY,

at the address given opposite.

The following letters and number should

be quoted:-

CAR.T. 12626/35

Telegraphic Address: COLASTA, PARL, LONDON.

Telephone No.: Whitehall 5140.

Sir,

OF

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COMMERCIAL RELATIONS AND TREATIES

DEPARTMENT,

?

BOARD OF TRADE,

GREAT GEORGE STREET,

LONDON, S.W.1.

VE 2nd March, 1936. 1936

it

I am to refer to the letter F 7941/60/10

addressed to you by the Foreign Office on the 30th January

regarding the misdescription of a consignment of arms

despatched from Italy via Hong Kong to Canton, and to

state for the information of Mr. Secretary Malcolm

Macdonald that the Board concur in the suggestion of

Mr. Eden, contained in paragraph 2 of that letter, that the

Governor of Hong Kong be instructed that in so far as it is

legally possible he should detain any consignment of arms

in transit for China which have been shipped under a

false description.

A copy of this letter has been sent to the

Foreign Office.

I have the honour to be

The Under Secretary of State,

Colonial Office,

S.W.1.

Sir,

Your obedient Servant,

Alhee